DON IMUS :

[smurphy]

America has died a little bit more today.

let's not get too weasely on this.

it's no big deal. maybe if imus was even remotely likeable i'd think differently. people in entertainment have lost jobs for less. he'll be fine. it's the risk you take when you are in the mainstream and use that kind of material.

all that said - yes, sharpton and jackson are complete shithead assholes. i doubt their reign of terror can continue to grow. most people see through the blaring hypocracy. EVERYONE here sure does.

 

[StevieD]

let's not get too weasely on this.

it's no big deal. maybe if imus was even remotely likeable i'd think differently. people in entertainment have lost jobs for less. he'll be fine. it's the risk you take when you are in the mainstream and use that kind of material.

all that said - yes, sharpton and jackson are complete shithead assholes. i doubt their reign of terror can continue to grow. most people see through the blaring hypocracy. EVERYONE here sure does.

It isd not about Imus. It is about America losing power. And selective outrage. If you go into any one of those Rutgers basketball players room and crank up their Ipods I am willing to bet you will find songs with much more offensive lyrics towards woman and black woman than Imus muttered. If they are so hurt then let them boycott MTV while they are at it.

 

[buddy]

No comedian or "shock jock" personality that I know of (other than Imus), black or white, is employed by a 24 hour cable news channel owned by Microsoft and General Electric.

You can say whatever you want about his comments, but when you are an EMPLOYEE, you still need to answer to your EMPLOYER.

There was a line drawn in the sand for both his safety and that of his employer.

Imus blew it.

 

[IntenseOperator]

Artist: 50 Cent
Album: Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Song: P.I.M.P.
Typed by: toyainva@hotmail.com

(Chorus)
I don't know what you heard about me
But a bitch can't get a dollar out of me
No Cadillac, no perms, you can't see
That I'm a mother****ing P-I-M-P
(Repeat)

(Verse 1)
Now shorty, she in the club, she dancing for dollars
She got a thing for that Gucci, that Fendi, that Prada
That BCBG, Burberry, Dolce and Gabana
She feed them foolish fantasies, they pay her cause they wanna
I spit a little G man, and my game got her
A hour later, have that ass up in the Ramada
Them trick niggas in her ear saying they think about her
I got the bitch by the bar trying to get a drink up out her
She like my style, she like my smile, she like the way I talk
She from the country, think she like me cause I'm from New York
I ain't that nigga trying to holla cause I want some head
I'm that nigga trying to holla cause I want some bread
I could care less how she perform when she in the bed
Bitch hit that track, catch a date, and come and pay the kid
Look baby this is simple, you can't see
You ****ing with me, you ****ing with a P-I-M-P

(Chorus)

(Verse 2)
I'm bout my money you see, girl you can holla at me
If you ****ing with me, I'm a P-I-M-P
Not what you see on TV, no Cadillac, no greasy
Head full of hair, bitch I'm a P-I-M-P
Come get money with me, if you curious to see
how it feels to be with a P-I-M-P
Roll in the Benz with me, you could watch TV
From the backseat of my V, I'm a P-I-M-P
Girl we could pop some champagne and we could have a ball
We could toast to the good life, girl we could have it all
We could really splurge girl, and tear up the mall
If ever you needed someone, I'm the one you should call
I'll be there to pick you up, if ever you should fall
If you got problems, I can solve'em, they big or they small
That other nigga you be with ain't bout shit
I'm your friend, your father, and confidant, BITCH

(Chorus)

(Verse 3)
I told you fools before, I stay with the tools
I keep a Benz, some rims, and some jewels
I holla at a hoe til I got a bitch confused
She got on Payless, me I got on gator shoes
I'm shopping for chinchillas, in the summer they cheaper
Man this hoe you can have her, when I'm done I ain't gon keep her
Man, bitches come and go, every nigga pimpin know
You saying it's secret, but you ain't gotta keep it on the low
Bitch choose with me, I'll have you stripping in the street
Put my other hoes down, you get your ass beat
Now Nik my bottom bitch, she always come up with my bread
The last nigga she was with put stitches in her head
Get your hoe out of pocket, I'll put a charge on a bitch
Cause I need 4 TVs and AMGs for the six
Hoe make a pimp rich, I ain't paying bitch
Catch a date, suck a dick, shiiit, TRICK

(Chorus)

Yeah, in Hollywoood they say there's no b'ness like show b'ness
In the hood they say, there's no b'ness like hoe b'ness ya know
They say I talk a lil fast, but if you listen a lil faster
I ain't got to slow down for you to catch up, BITCH

 

[IntenseOperator]

Artist: 50 Cent f/ G-Unit
Album: No Mercy, No Fear
Song: Fat Bitch
Typed by: d_stubbs@angelfire.com *

* send corrections to the typist

We over here... with some fat chicks

[50]
Nah, I don't be ****in wit them fat bitches
That's Yayo

[Chorus]
Don't be stuck on the things they say
now you know it's a nasty world (you know it's a nasty world)
I ain't ****in wit you anyway
cause I know your a nasty girl (know your a nasty girl)
I ain't never gon discriminate
so let me compliment your eyes (compliment my eyes)
Yeah, It's nothin' but a little baby phat phat

[50]
Them Twinkies got your ass gettin' fat fat
Them cookies got your ass gettin' fat fat
That paint got your ass gettin' fat fat
Bitch you grown, that ain't baby fat fat

In the gym I see your ass up on the stair master
But you got it on level 2, bitch go a little faster
Look girl I ain't gon lie, I'll tell you how I feel
They should hand cuff your big ass to the treadmill
You wanna work out now, cause you know its gettin' hot
And your big ass fin to pop all up out the halter top
Find the right chick, wearing some tight shit, and it's on
See your ass wearing some tight shit, we like "She wrong"

[Chorus]
Don't be stuck on the things they say
now you know it's a nasty world (know it's a nasty world)
I ain't ****in wit you anyway
cause I know your a nasty girl - You's a nasty girl (know your a nasty girl)
I ain't never gon discriminate
so let me compliment your eyes (compliment my eyes)

[50}
Yeah, you got some nice eyes, but you's a big bitch man
Yeah, It's nothin' but a little baby phat phat
That Burger King dun got your ass fat fat
McDonald's dun got your ass fat fat
That Dominos dun got your ass fat fat
Yeah, It's nothin' but a little baby phat phat

[Lloyd Banks]
I like 'em slim in the waste, curves in the right place
A bitch wit hips, lips, and a nice face
Your appetite'll put a dent up in a nigga salary
You need to stop burnin that weed, and burn a calorie
Your attitude is like you always have gear
You got a pony tail, you ain't always have hair
I just wanna see your Capri's comin' down
Mami we run the town, stay away if you 300 pounds

[Chorus]
Don't be stuck on the things they say
now you know it's a nasty world (know it's a nasty world)
I ain't ****in wit you anyway
cause I know your a nasty girl - You's a nasty girl (know your a nasty girl)
I ain't never gon discriminate
so let me compliment your eyes

[50]
I'll say something nice about ya eyes, cause you's a big bitch man
Yeah, It's nothin' but a little baby phat phat
Them Entenmann's dun got your ass fat fat
Them Little Debbie's dun got your ass fat fat
These cup cakes dun got your ass fat fat
Yeah, It's nothin' but a little baby phat phat

[Tony Yayo]
I ain't no trick, I ain't have to borrow with my wallet
Freakin' off in your car, on your closet
It ain't nothing wrong wit a big, strong girl
If you can cook your ass off, I'll give you the world
You can be skinny or fat, white or black
Nigga pussy is pussy so, yeah, I'll hit that
I'm a freak, sure I love minage a trois
And I really care lees if you twice my size

[Chorus]
Don't be stuck on the things they say
now you know it's a nasty world ' It's a nasty world
I ain't ****in wit you anyway
cause I know your a nasty girl - You's a nasty girl
I ain't never gon discriminate, so let me compliment your eyes

[50]
I'm a compliment your eyes
Yayo'll **** wit you big bitches but I'm a stay the **** away from ya

Them Twinkies got your ass gettin' fat fat
Them cookies got your ass gettin' fat fat
That paint got your ass gettin' fat fat
Bitch you grown, that ain't baby fat fat

Stay the **** away from, you ****in fat bitch
**** wit Tony Yayo, ho

 

[IntenseOperator]

Many of your kids listening to ol' 50 Cent tonight

 

[fatdaddycool]

Quoted from Isaiah Thomas, current president of Basketball operations in New York......."If Larry Bird was black he would be just another bench player backup" Yea you're right we should crucify Imus for calling them as he sees him.

I am going to make a prediction..............yo will never see a black guy set the world or olympic record in the 500 meter freestyle or th/e butterfly for that matter, you know why...............???????????????????? cuz they are black and black people can't fuhkin swim period. There are a few of them here and there but it is just a fact of fuhkin life. Just like the Rutgers women are ugly and nappy headed. I live with fuhkin stereotypes every friggin day and the next ultra sensitive afro american that has never set foot in Africa and has never been shackled in the bondage of slavery can kiss my ever loving, wishing I was owning a plantation, mayonnaise eating, needing a maid ass. The next time I say the best place to hide a black mans keys is in his work boots, I want to see Jesse at my doorstep. Problem with that is.......................he won't be able to find his fuhkin keys. Fuhkin reverse racism is absolutely rampant and it isn't because of the white bread bastards making tongue in cheek remarks about the reality of life.

 

[samayam]

reason

reason

The Secrets of Successful Racism
Why Eric Cartman can tell a joke and Don Imus can't.

Marty Beckerman | April 10, 2007
If the Easter decorations are still hanging around the Don Imus household, the craggy, cranky shock jock might feel inspired to study Jesus' discourse on judging others: This mulleted cracker-ass cracker has no business mocking anyone's hairstyle.

On Monday, the radio personality received a two-week suspension from NBC and CBS Radio for insulting the nappy-headedness of certain "hos" on the Rutgers basketball team. He appeared on Al Sharpton's radio show to apologize and explained that he was simply "trying to be funny" and "didn't think it was a racial insult," adding that "I can't get anywhere with you people." (A displeased Sharpton, echoing the angry midget's line from Bad Santa, replied, "What do you mean by ?you people'?")

This scandal comes on the heels of Seinfeld star Michael Richards's race-baiting tirade last fall and right-wing author Ann Coulter's use of the word "faggot" at this year's CPAC convention; in both cases the ugliest words in the English language were played for laughs and received contempt instead. (I would congratulate Coulter for landing the role of Skeletor in the inevitable remake of Masters of the Universe, but a Google search for "Ann Coulter, Skeletor" garners 12,800 hits; apparently I have my own problems with wit.)

All three instances of failed shock humor -- Richards's, Coulter's and Imus's -- led to condemnations and calls for sensitivity from a myriad of politicians and activists; Democratic Senator and Savior Barack Obama chastised Imus for his "divisive, hurtful and offensive" words, further suggesting that no one with "a public platform" should attempt to find humor in race-based stereotypes.

The problem with this viewpoint is that the majority of Americans -- of all colors and classes -- have laughed at these hideous prejudices at some point; if you try to disassociate yourself from the hordes of hatemongers, your DVD collection better not include anything with Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Eddie Murphy, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mel Brooks, Trey Parker or Matt Stone. (If your DVD collection includes the abominable plagiarist Carlos Mencia, however, may God have mercy on your soul.)

From Lenny Bruce to Reno 911! American humor's most fertile ground has always been our racial, ethnic and religious dissimilarities, hypocrisies and insecurities; the P.C. witch hunts of the 1990s provided the fodder for numerous episodes of Seinfeld and South Park, which millions of Americans-most of whom would find real-life discrimination repulsive-enjoyed because they invoked "hurtful" stereotypes and provided a pressure release valve for our collective guilt, anger, confusion and repression. As any successful humorist will tell you, the most common praise comes in the form of "you say the things that everyone thinks but never admits!" Since most people can lose their jobs for tactless one-liners, the responsibility falls on our beloved entertainers.

On the other hand many bigots utilize shock humor as a means of clarifying and reinforcing group solidarity; spend a few minutes with certain cliques* of College Republicans and you'll hear black babies compared to bowel movements and AIDS praised as God's cure for homosexuality. As one GOP devotee at American University told me, "You shouldn't go to jail for dragging gay people from your truck because it's not like they're human anyway." (Ha! Ha! Good one, old sport!) Senator Trent Lott and former Rep. John Cooksey, who defended the racial profiling of anyone who wears a "diaper on his head," have made similarly jaw-dropping gaffes in attempts at jest.

So when does race-based humor qualify as harmless entertainment -- albeit risqu? and provocative -- and when does it qualify as actual racism?

With my friends of other ethnic backgrounds -- and okay, I probably need some more of these -- the back-and-forth of boorish jokes is simply a way to kill time, share a few laughs and ease subconscious tension: the other night I joked that my Japanese immigrant friend should have applied for a yellow card instead of a green card; he fired back that if my bad Jewish self ever walked into a brick wall with an erection, I'd suffer a broken nose. (Neither of us felt the need to file a petition with the Anti-Defamation League, although I might need to watch my back for the little guy's razor-sharp throwing stars.) The wider American culture's embrace of stereotype-laced humor serves a similar purpose to our banter: making people feel more comfortable with one another so they can get past their prejudices.

This is why Richards, Coulter and Imus landed on their faces even though Americans love to laugh at bigotry: these entertainers poured salt into centuries-old wounds with cheap punch lines-simple, worthless slurs; spiteful, desperate pleas for attention-instead of throwing our collective ridiculousness back into our faces. Their sin had nothing to do with edgy jokes; it was that instead of shedding light on everyone, they only shed light on themselves.

Marty Beckerman is the author of Generation S.L.U.T. (MTV Books).

 

[smurphy]

No comedian or "shock jock" personality that I know of (other than Imus), black or white, is employed by a 24 hour cable news channel owned by Microsoft and General Electric.

You can say whatever you want about his comments, but when you are an EMPLOYEE, you still need to answer to your EMPLOYER.

There was a line drawn in the sand for both his safety and that of his employer.

Imus blew it.

yeah, that's basically it. i'm guessing imus was probably not in great shape with the network as it was. this may have just been a final straw.

i'm quite sure 50 cent would not be able to hold a show on a cable news channel if he used any of his lyrics as material. for whatever reason, there's a difference between albums that people can buy and a program on television that people can switch to with their remote.

it sucks that people like sharpton and jackson probably influenced this decision. but the decision itself shouldn't be surprising. it would be different if it was like ...maybe....funny. ...but it was just stupid at best and incredibly insulting at worst. ...i think he deserves to lose his job simply on the merit of incompetence. dumbass.

and america will be fine. i was hurt far worse by the decisions that led to pinnacle's demise with us customers than i ever could be by something as dumb as this.

 

[StevieD]

yeah, that's basically it. i'm guessing imus was probably not in great shape with the network as it was. this may have just been a final straw.

i'm quite sure 50 cent would not be able to hold a show on a cable news channel if he used any of his lyrics as material. for whatever reason, there's a difference between albums that people can buy and a program on television that people can switch to with their remote.

it sucks that people like sharpton and jackson probably influenced this decision. but the decision itself shouldn't be surprising. it would be different if it was like ...maybe....funny. ...but it was just stupid at best and incredibly insulting at worst. ...i think he deserves to lose his job simply on the merit of incompetence. dumbass.

and america will be fine. i was hurt far worse by the decisions that led to pinnacle's demise with us customers than i ever could be by something as dumb as this.

A couple of things. Imus was hired by the 24 hour news channel because of his personality and his schict. They knew what they were getting. On 50 Cent and the other Gangsta pukes. They would not have an audience if they did not get their songs played on the radio.

 

[buddy]

Imus was hired by the 24 hour news channel because of his personality and his schict. They knew what they were getting.

Maybe so. But Imus has ridiculed those who have said or did something he did not agree with. Most of those, if not all, had a platform from which they could retaliate.

These girls didn't say or do anything to offend him.

 

[StevieD]

Maybe so. But Imus has ridiculed those who have said or did something he did not agree with. Most of those, if not all, had a platform from which they could retaliate.

These girls didn't say or do anything to offend him.

I doubt very much those girls were offended before they were told they were offended. Again, if they are so offended by that kind of talk then maybe they should do something about the gangster culture that is embraced by girls their age and younger.

 

[kosar]

Again, if they are so offended by that kind of talk then maybe they should do something about the gangster culture that is embraced by girls their age and younger.

The Rutgers womens basketball team should do something about Americas gangster culture? :shrug:

 

[StevieD]

The Rutgers womens basketball team should do something about Americas gangster culture? :shrug:

If they are offended by it yes. They had no problem going after Imus for saying it. They had a platform, they could have said that it offends them to hear it in Rap soings. But apparently they are not offended by that.

 

[AR182]

i just heard this morning that 24 black employees of the nbc network (al roker among them) went to the head honcho to complain about imus.

i wonder if these same citizens would mind going over to the record companies also to complain about the garbage that the rappers are putting out.

 

[Penguinfan]

I think we can all agree on one thing, this is just another fine example of why women's basketball should not be shown on tv.

Leads to nothing but trouble.

 

[StevieD]

I think we can all agree on one thing, this is just another fine example of why women's basketball should not be shown on tv.

Leads to nothing but trouble.

I think they should play in high heels and garters. Then it might be interesting.

 

[Chadman]

I doubt very much those girls were offended before they were told they were offended.

Right...these (what I assume to be) proud black women were probably not offended by being called "Nappy Headed Hos" by a old, white, ego-maniacal shock jock that throws out this crap as a matter of habit.

I guess they were too stupid to be offended?!? What a joke. I'm guessing that they were pretty damn offended when they heard about it.

 

[StevieD]

Right...these (what I assume to be) proud black women were probably not offended by being called "Nappy Headed Hos" by a old, white, ego-maniacal shock jock that throws out this crap as a matter of habit.

I guess they were too stupid to be offended?!? What a joke. I'm guessing that they were pretty damn offended when they heard about it.

I don't see them marching against rap.

 

[Chadman]

Right, but I don't see any rappers specifically calling them nappy headed hos, either.